Mood Music (EMI-Mercury-FDH)

[nidostar]

Interesting. The FDH 351 version of Barnacle Bill also appeared on the 1982 BBC album On The Air which commemorated 60 years of BBC broadcasting a copy of which I bought at the time. Although in stereo, for me, it's not a patch on the original.

Similarly I prefer the original version of Peter Yorke's Silks And Satins which I still consider to be a fascinating piece of work in the way it is constructed. And, as with Barnacle Bill, the original instantly reminds me of the TV show which featured it as it's theme. In this case ITV's Emergency Ward 10.

[Moon Monkey]

It's an interesting release, isn't it. I wonder what the thinking was behind it. It's the sort of thing that they might have done with an eye on a commercial release, but Blue Peter didn't get one for another 8 years and Emergency Ward 10 I'm not sure ever got one.

And is Barnacle Bill the only example of an FDH 78 recording appearing in a stereo mix? I can't think of any others. It's also the earliest example I can think of of an original 60s/70s library recording getting a commercial release. (I'm happy to be very wrong on this and look forward to corrections!)